I guess this headline is probably not hyperbole. The weekend before last I was backpacking with some friends in the sierras. We had six additional inches of s

I guess this headline is probably not hyperbole. The weekend before last I was backpacking with some friends in the sierras. We had six additional inches of snowfall, which wouldn't have been so bad but we also had wind gusts up to 45 MPH (according to weather reports, all we could estimate was "fucking intense"). But when not moving it was fine -- its easy to block the wind when you stop traveling and can shovel windbreaks. Then last week end I was skiing in a T shirt, and some of the kids were skiing shirtless. Now we're back to wild windstorms and precipitation this week.